The purpose of this study was to describe sentencing
outcomes in 18 jurisdictions across the United States based on
sentences actually imposed on adjudicated felons. Such descriptive
information provides an overview of how sentencing is operating in a
jurisdiction as a whole and supplies a baseline against which the
impact of changes in sentencing codes and practices can be
assessed. The data focus on sentences handed down in courts of general
jurisdiction for selected crimes of homicide, rape, robbery,
aggravated assault, burglary, thef... (more info)

The purpose of this study was to describe sentencing
outcomes in 18 jurisdictions across the United States based on
sentences actually imposed on adjudicated felons. Such descriptive
information provides an overview of how sentencing is operating in a
jurisdiction as a whole and supplies a baseline against which the
impact of changes in sentencing codes and practices can be
assessed. The data focus on sentences handed down in courts of general
jurisdiction for selected crimes of homicide, rape, robbery,
aggravated assault, burglary, theft, and drug trafficking.

Access Notes

The public-use data files in this collection are available for access by the general public.
Access does not require affiliation with an ICPSR member institution.

Dataset(s)

WARNING: Because this study has many datasets, the download all files option has been suppressed, and you will need to download one dataset at a time.

Methodology

Data Source:

court and prosecutorial records

Extent of Processing: ICPSR data undergo a confidentiality review and are altered when necessary to limit the risk of
disclosure. ICPSR also routinely creates ready-to-go data files along with setups in the major
statistical software formats as well as standard codebooks to accompany the data. In addition to
these procedures, ICPSR performed the following processing steps for this data collection:

Standardized missing values.

Performed recodes and/or calculated derived variables.

Checked for undocumented or out-of-range codes.

Version(s)

Original ICPSR Release:1985-10-09

Version History:

2005-11-04 On 2005-03-14 new files were added to one
or more datasets. These files included additional setup files as well
as one or more of the following: SAS program, SAS transport, SPSS portable,
and Stata system files. The metadata record was revised 2005-11-04 to
reflect these additions.

1997-04-14 SAS data definition statements are now available
for this collection, and the SPSS data definition statements were
updated. In addition, multiple copies of the codebook were
consolidated into one volume, and an incorrect variable number was
fixed in the codebook.

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